South Korean blockchain corporation ICONLOOP, announced today it has signed a strategic partnership with the ICON Foundation and 2bytes to establish ‘SPERA’, the blockchain-based interchain NFT game platform, and has released a teaser site showcasing the new platform. ‘SPERA’, which is planned to be fully set up within the year, is an interchain NFT game […]
The total value locked (TVL) in decentralized finance (defi) protocols has lost 6.8% during the last 24 hours as crypto markets have experienced more losses. However, the Fantom blockchain has seen a TVL increase, jumping 46.62% over the last week. Fantom has managed to knock Binance Smart Chain (BSC) down a notch, as it now […]
Education and awareness campaigns are still viewed as important channels that draw people to cryptocurrencies and blockchain. This has been particularly true in some parts of Africa where bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies are proving to be a useful alternative to fiat currency. Blockchain Education and Advocacy From Uganda Despite a surge in the use of […]
The Open Network (TON) is the third-generation proof-of-stake blockchain designed for lightning-fast transactions. As the boom of blockchain technology-based projects has been continuously increasing in today’s digital era, TON is a project that is ultra-cheap, both user-friendly and service provider-friendly, as well as fully operational. Launched in 2018 by the pair founders of Telegram Messenger, […]
The New York-based multinational investment management corporation Blackrock has filed an application with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) for a blockchain tech exchange-traded fund (ETF). The Ishares blockchain tech ETF aims to track the Intercontinental Exchange (ICE) index called the Factset Global Blockchain Technologies Index. Blackrock Files to Launch a Blockchain ETF The investment […]
Even as the crypto market suffers, NFTs or non-fungible tokens are still raking in eye-watering amounts of money. OpenSea, the top NFT marketplace, smashed its single-monthly record last week with $3.5 billion in sales in January so far—only halfway through the month. And one early NFT collection in particular is resurgent over the past 30 […]
While crypto markets shed billions during the last seven days, non-fungible token asset sales are still up 81% since last week. Statistics indicate $4.7 billion in NFT sales were settled in seven days among 326,733 buyers, and Ethereum saw a continued rise in NFT sales volume. NFT Sales Remain Strong Despite Crypto Market Price Reversal […]
The cryptocurrency sector has attracted many individuals from the traditional financial sector. Brenda Gentry, a former mortgage underwriter from the state of Texas, has fully embraced the crypto sector, and she is now earning big from her decision. Gentry, also known as MsCryptoMom, resigned from her banking job to pursue a career in the crypto […]
Big news for the NFT crowd: you can now make your NFT your Twitter profile picture. Well, yes, you could have done that before, but now you can verify through blockchain that you own it, and Twitter will reward you with a hexagon around it. And it’s only for Twitter Blue subscribers, only on iPhones, […]
At Decrypt, we believe in experimenting with the technology we write about. And for the last year or so, I’ve been writing a lot about the film industry’s growing interest in crypto, from its first tentative flirtations with blockchain to full-fledged DAOs aiming to shake up the way films are funded. Making a film—even a […]
The Central Bank of Iran soon plans to launch the pilot phase of its digital currency project, an official unveiled. The Islamic Republic hopes to a join a growing club of nations that want to take advantage of having a sovereign coin, while it also seeks to implement blockchain technology in other areas. Iran to […]
Discussions regarding the authenticity of non-fungible tokens (NFTs) have been common in the crypto community on Twitter, given that the authenticity of NFTs used as profile pictures could not be verified. However, this is now changing with the new NFT feature from Twitter. Twitter has now launched a feature that allows users to verify the […]
Elon Musk has again come out to show his dislike for non-fungible tokens (NFTs). The Tesla CEO has taken a negative stance against the recent decision by Twitter to integrate NFTs. Musk blasts Twitter’s NFT feature Musk took to Twitter to note that the decision by the social media platform was annoying. In his post, […]
Tesla and SpaceX boss Elon Musk took a swipe at Twitter for launching a new feature that allows users to use NFTs from their crypto wallets and add them as their profile pictures. The billionaire entrepreneur tweeted on Friday that the latest initiative was “annoying” and criticized the social media giant for failing to clean […]
Autograph, the NFT agency co-founded by famous NFL player Tom Brady, has raised $170 million in its series B funding round. The company revealed that the funding round was led by Andreessen Horowitz and Kleiner Perkins, with the participation of other notable companies in the field. The funds raised will contribute to the expansion of […]
Amid the NFT market boom of the past year, WAX doesn’t get much hype. Ethereum has the high-dollar, headline-grabbing sales and the bulk of the overall trading volume, while Solana and Flow have both played host to notable respective successes in the space. But even with less buzz around it, WAX has quietly put up […]
On Sunday, CNBC reported that Walmart had “quietly” filed at least seven applications with the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office on December 30, clearing the way for it to issue its own cryptocurrency and NFTs within a metaverse—the hot term for an online network of worlds that mixes elements of physical, augmented, and virtual reality. […]
Like many brands and celebrities, esports teams are beginning to show interest in NFT collectibles as a fan engagement tool. Following Team Vitality’s recent partnership with Tezos, which includes NFT plans, G2 Esports has now joined the fray by launching NFTs on Solana. G2’s Samurai Army NFTs will be minted using Solana’s Metaplex protocol, and […]
Engines Of Fury, an emerging blockchain-based game seeks to usher in a new dimension of crypto gaming through its unique gameplay and incredible 3D visuals. It aims to highlight the significance of traditional gaming. Play-to-earn and NFTs games have spurred blockchain gaming to rocketing levels, with future-oriented infrastructure propelling the nascent space to mainstream acceptance. […]
In our view, blockchain technology and non-fungible tokens (NFTs) present a perfect tool to revolutionize the traditional Fine Art industry, to the benefit of both artists and collectors. With this in mind, the Invictus NFT Lab’s inaugural Out of Africa collection aims to blaze the trail by facilitating, via the Ethereum blockchain, the sale of […]
Animoca Brands, a leading investor in NFT games and metaverse startups, announced today that it has raised nearly $359 million at a valuation of more than $5 billion. The $358,888,888 round was led by Liberty City Ventures. It also featured participation from numerous other firms, including Winklevoss Capital, billionaire investor George Soros’ Soros Fund Management, […]
